The shingles vaccine not only offers protection against the painful viral infection, but a new study suggests that the two-dose shot also may slow the progression of dementia.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Another COVID-19 vaccine -- AstraZeneca -- is poised to arrive in the U.S., bringing a fourth option for Americans. Each vaccine is administered slightly differently, some can result ...

Previous trials have shown that a one-dose regimen of the HPV vaccine may be as effective as two- and three-dose regimens, ...

One dose of a bivalent or nonavalent HPV vaccine was noninferior to two doses, the randomized ESCUDDO trial found. Vaccine ...

WASHINGTON -- National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins said Sunday he believes vaccine requirements could make a difference in slowing the rapid spread of COVID-19 and acknowledged ...

Cell-based influenza vaccines were superior to egg-based vaccines across patient populations during a recent influenza season, according to study findings presented at IDWeek. “Evaluating the clinical ...

But people with norovirus won’t get the respiratory symptoms that are characteristic of the flu, like the congestion and ...

ANSWER: Both colds and influenza (the “flu”) are respiratory illnesses that are caused by viruses. Influenza is caused specifically by the influenza viruses, which come in two main types (A and B).